Although several months have passed since TWO CATEGORY FOUR HURRICANES pummeled Nicaragua in November, your support is still greatly needed. PeaceWork partner FEDICAMP, which works with rural farmers in northern […]
From Drought to Deluge: Rural Farmers on the Frontlines of Climate Change Rural farmers in Nicaragua are already living on the edge of extreme poverty and depend directly on the […]
As coverage of COVID-19 in the US continues to dominate media coverage, our Nicaraguan partners have reached out with concern for our safety. Of course we are just as worried […]
We will pre-pack our October material aid shipment to Nicaragua on Saturday September 26th (St. Joe’s Shine in Stirling, NJ). We will practicing social distancing as we pack inside and […]
Times are tough up here, as well as down there in Nicaragua. But we’re inspired by our partners who bravely, yet safely go out to work with Nicaraguan people who […]
It’s hard to say if the COVID-19 curve is flattening in Nicaragua. There’s just so little reliable information coming from the government. But when we talk to our partners and […]
…sorry, folks. While COVID-19 is much more under control in NJ, there has been a small uptick and we don’t want to take any chances. Sadly we’ll all have to […]
Saturday June 27th, 2020 07:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada). To sign up, see details below description. Masaya, Nicaragua is COVID-19 hotspot. The mayor has died. Close friends and […]
When: Saturday May 30th, 7:30pm Email us now – we’ll send you the Zoom invitation: cinemaus@gmail.com While the rest of the Central America closed borders and initiated stay-at-home guidelines in […]
It is our great hope that we will be able to see you in person on June 13th! While we have yet to make a final determination out of concern […]
Come join us on Saturday, July 9th from 3 to 7pm (rain or shine) for our 28th Annual Solidarity Roast.with great food and live music. There will be barbecued foods […]
Soon we’ll post the topic of the forum, but in the meantime plan on coming hungry! Dinner will be served promptly at 6:30pm followed by a discussion at 7:30 Saturday […]
On Saturday October 10th we’ll be packing a 40′ shipping container full of material aid for our Nicaragua partners. In addition to bringing us donations to send down, we need […]
Soon we’ll post the topic of the forum, but in the meantime plan on coming hungry! Dinner will be served promptly at 6:30pm followed by a discussion at 7:30 Saturday […]
Join us for a special celebration with a few our partners down in Nicaragua! Dinner will be served promptly at 6:30pm followed by a discussion at 7:30 Saturday evening, December […]
Located about four hours north of Nicaragua’s capital city Managua, just off the Pan American Highway, Yalagüina is home to about 10,000 people. The town is quickly growing and has […]
Awesome day, folks! On Saturday May 11th we packed our 75th humanitarian aid shipment to Nicaragua — it is headed out to sea. In record time we packed 897 pieces […]
In the early 1970’s Luis Carrion’s father came home to find that his hunting rifles, and his son, had vanished. In 1979 Luis would emerge as Comandante Carrión, a leader of the […]
Thank you so much for great time and your kind donations! About 50 people came out on a beautiful July afternoon to enjoy great food and live music by Deivis […]
The following dates and times are subject to change, please check back. Who is Maria Eugenia Delgadillo? Read her bio here. Download the complete schedule here. Saturday Sept. 8 […]
On Saturday October 13th we’ll be packing a 45′ shipping container full of material aid for our Nicaragua partners. In addition to bringing us donations to send down, we need as […]
Thanks to everyone who came out to enjoy some fine, home-cooked BBQ, spend time among friends and build solidarity with the people of Nicaragua. Our Nica partners are going through a […]
Thank you to everyone who donated items, time and money to get our 73rd humanitarian aid shipment off to Nicaragua. About 60 volunteers came out on Saturday May 12th to […]
While dozens of kids and adults got a great bike, cheap, folks at the Madison Bike Swap raised over $900 for PeaceWorks projects in Nicaragua. Every year a group of […]
On Saturday March 10th, 54 people came out to the Friends Meeting in Chatham for dinner and a conversation with members of January 2018 delegation to Nicaragua. Download the full […]
Thanks to 30 volunteers we took a huge step forward getting ready for our shipment day on Saturday May 12th! Thank you to everyone who came out on April 28th […]
10 members of the PeaceWorks community have landed and are out and about in Nicaragua, traveling over gorgeous Volcano-lined landscapes to visit our local partners, see their projects, discuss priorities […]
On Saturday May 12th we’ll be packing a 45′ shipping container full of material aid for our Nicaragua partners. In addition to bringing us donations to send down, we need as […]
On September 5th President Trump sent Attorney General Jeff Sessions to announce that his Administration would revoke the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. This Obama administration policy allowed […]
Join us on Saturday evening November 10th for a dinner forum with the PeaceWorks community. Soon we’ll share all the information on our presenter, so stay tuned…but as always, come hungry! […]
You are invited! PeaceWorks is rooted in the social movement of the 1980’s that resisted the U.S.-backed war in Nicaragua. But even when the war ended, PeaceWorks continued to support […]
Another Brick in the Wall? Fear and Uncertainty for Immigrants: A Conversation with Rosa Santana The U.S. Government’s Temporary Protection Status (TPS) permits immigrants from about 22 countries to remain […]
Our 72nd humanitarian aid shipment is off to Nicaragua! Thank you to everyone who came out, donated items & money, made food and provided good cheer on Saturday October 14th. […]
There are no roads to El Apante. The last dirt road ended three hours back — right before what locals call an incline. For anyone else, a really steep mountain. […]
You may have missed this in the mainstream media, but Nicaraguan liberation theologian and Maryknoll Father Miguel D’Escoto Brockman passed away on Thursday at the age of 84. He was […]
Come on our January 2018 Delegation to Nicaragua. You’ll hike to mountain villages to see sustainable farming and water conservation projects. By boat you’ll glide through mangrove forests to participate […]
PeaceWorks Summer Camp 2017: Recreation, Relaxation…and Resistance Where: World Fellowship Center, Conway, New Hampshire When: Thurs. August 17th– Monday August 21st, 2017 Located at the foot of the White Mountains […]
Un mano, por favor… On Saturday May 13th we’ll be packing a 45′ shipping container full of material aid for our Nicaragua partners. In addition to bringing us donations to send […]
We’ll be meeting up at our storage facility at the Shrine of St. Joseph on Saturday April 29th from 10am-2pm to organize and box donations for our 71st humanitarian aid […]
Thank you to everyone who came out to try a special selection of wines and join PeaceWorks in supporting women’s empowerment projects in Nicaragua! Together, we raised $1500.00! Wines were chosen by […]
In January 2017, 10 of us from the PeaceWorks community returned from a 12-day delegation to Nicaragua. Click here to download our report to learn about the people we met, the places […]
It’s pretty amazing what you can get done when 40 people show up. Our new storage facility for our humanitarian aid shipments to Nicaragua, the Quonset Hut at the Shrine of […]
As always, and for the 70th time, thank you very much. PeaceWorks was very proud to be joined by over 30 Seton Hall and 10 Don Bosco Prep students who […]
PeaceWorks sends our warmest greetings to everyone who came out to our Dinner Forum on Saturday September 10th, 2016. After enjoying a fantastic meal with about 70 people, we had an […]
“People to people. Pueblo a pueblo. New Jersey to Nicaragua.” For nearly a quarter of a century PeaceWorks has built a community of solidarity between the people of New Jersey and […]
The headline may be that the PeaceWorks community raised $25,000 in just over four weeks. But the real news is that the hard work of identifying and building trust with […]
Is it chugging by Miami? Heading through the Panama Canal? We’re not quite sure, but by early July all of our Nicaraguan partners will be unpacking a 45′ shipping container […]
For a donation of $100 or more, we’ll send you a hand-woven pine needle basket, a 12oz bag of fair-trade coffee and a card. All proceeds to help rural farmers […]
Freedom of expression and assembly? Right to life and physical integrity? Unfair trials. Forced migration. Violation of women’s & indigenous peoples’ rights. Amnesty International’s Nicaragua expert Lisa Konczal will share […]
When things were “normal” Managua’s sprawling Eastern Market is teeming with colorful, fresh fruits and vegetables, vendors selling hand-made souvenirs as thousands of local Nicaraguans move stall to stall buying […]
